Nativism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nativism is a noun meaning The policy of perpetuating the culture of the natives of a colonised country.
Meaning
The policy of perpetuating the culture of the natives of a colonised country.
More Meanings
- (countable) A cultural element that is native to a colonised country.
- (philosophy) The doctrine that some skills or abilities are innate and not learned.
- (linguistics) A theory that some knowledge of grammar is innate.
- (chiefly US) A policy of favoring native-born inhabitants over immigrants.
Example Sentences
They were targeted by a virulent strain of nativism toward those from Southern and Eastern Europe that was largely about race.
To understand just how rare, look back into history to, say, the Johnson Act of 1924. Its national-origins quota system reverberated with nativism and racism.
The Columbian Exchange was proof like no other of how, when it comes to food, so often the venue of our greatest nativisms, we, as human beings, easily slip the ties of belonging.
If there is to be another iteration of a Trump presidency, or a successful campaign by one of his acolytes, the scientific denial may be dialed down somewhat while retaining the reflex nativism.
Word Forms
- nativisms
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include empiricism, immigrationism, antinativism, reservationism, native-speakerism, antinationalism.
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